The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-01-05
ACTS OF THE LEGISL.iTtRE RE.
some MATTERS of Special Interest to the
People of the state.

The following Acts arc among those
passed at the last session of the Legisla-
ture and al relate to matters of special
interest:
SUNDAY FREIGHT TRAINS.
SECTION ,476 of the General Statutes,
i'll relation to running freight trains on
Sunday, as amended at the recent session
of the Legislature, reads as follows: cit
shall be lawful for said corporations or
persons to run on said day during the
months OF April, May, June, July and
August trains laden exclusively with
vegetables and fruits, and on said day in
any and every month their regular mail
trains and such construction trains as
may be rendered necessary by extraor-
binary emergencies other than those in
cident to freight or passenger traffic, and
such freight trains as may be in transit
which can reach their destination by 6
o'clock a. NJ
SEC. 1,477, reading as follows, remains
unchanged: cit shall be lawful for any
train running bya schedule made in con-
fornoity with the provisions of this Act,
but delayed by accident or other unavoid-
able circumstance, to run until it reaches
the point at which it is usual for it to
rest on Sunday
LIQUOR LICENSES IN BEAUFORT AND
BERKELEY.
An Act to provide for the issuing of
license to sell spirituous and Intoxicating
! Er,,Nrc o1a roo1& o,,1 1,-,,a Po,1-o1o,,
and Beaufort counties:
SECTION l. That from and after the
approval Of this Act, it may be lawful
for the county commissioners of Berkely
and Beaufort counties to issue licenses
for the sale Of spirituous ald intoxicating
liquors, ale, malt and wine in their re-
spective counties to such persons as may
conform to the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 2. That before issuing such
licenses the applicant thereof must be
recommended by six respectable free
holders of the neighborhood in which
the liquor is to be sold, and enter into
bond in the sum of one thousand dol
lars, with three good sureties, for the
keeping of an orderly house, and for the
due observance of all laws relating to the
retailing of spirituous liquors, and must
pay to the treasurer OF the respective
counties, to be applied to general county
purposes, the sum of three hundred dol
lars. All licenses to expire on the 31st
of December i'll each and every year.
SEC. g. That all Acts and parts Of
Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and
the same is hereby, repealed so far as
Berkeley and Beaufort counties are con-
cerned, except as to the incorporated
towns or villages in which the provisions
of law as now existing shall remain in
force.
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
An Act to amend an Act entitled can
Act to regulate the admission of foreign
surety companies to do business in this
State" approved December 26, 1884, so
far us same affects clerks and officers Of
banks and banking institutions and rail-
road companies:
SECTION ]. That an Act entitled st!An
Act to regulate the admission OF foreign
surety companies to do business in this +,
State" approved December 26, 1884, be,
and the same is hereby, amended by
adding thereto the following Section:
SEC. Il. The provisions of this Act
shall not apply to surety companies SO
far their giving surety for clerks and
officers OF banks and banking institu-
tons and railway companies is con-
cerned.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
An Act to repeal Section l.04O and to
amend Section l,042, Chapter Xxx, of
the General Statutes. entitled ssOf the
University of South Carolina"
SECTION l. That Section l,042, In
Chapter NN, Of the General Statutes,
entitled "Of the University Of South
Carolina, be amended so as to read as
follows: 'sSection l,042. The tuition
fees s,lal be forty dollars per annum,
which fees shall be deposited in the
State treasury and reported to the Leg
islature annually; and the compensation
for room rent, use of library and dam
ages to property shall be regulated by
the board Of trustees, but shall not be
less ten dollars per annum: Provided,
That no tuition fees shall be charged
until after the expiration of the colegl-
ate year 1SS6-S7, and that all tuition
fees in the law department be subject to
the disposal of the trustees for the pay
ment OF the salary OF the law professor:
Provided, further, That the faculty of
the said University may grant beneicia-
ry scholarships, without the payment Of
any fees, to such Of the competent and
deserving youths Of this State as may
be unable to pay the same, and the
trustees of the said University shall pre-
scribe such rules and regulations as may
be proper to contine the enjoyment OF
this privilege to those whose necessities
require it.
Sec. >. That Section 1,040 Of the Gen
eral Statutes be, and the same is hereby,
repealed